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Fender Custom Shop - 1950 Double Esquire DLX Closet Classic

Description

New for 2023, the Fender Custom Shop digs deep into the history of Fender's earliest solid-body guitar with the introduction of a fascinating new model - the 1950 Double Esquire. Back then, the single-pickup Esquire debuted in April 1950 as Fender's very first solid body electric Spanish guitar, joined a few months later in October 1950 by a two-pickup model. The new Custom Shop 1950 Double Esquire honours the models of that formative year and then some, with a distinctive combination of finely crafted features that make it very much its own machine.

Producing balanced highs and sweet midrange with lively resonance, the two-piece select ash body has an off-center seam and wears one of four aged Blonde lacquer finish treatments: Deluxe Closet Classic Faded Nocaster® Blonde, Journeyman Relic® Nocaster Blonde, Relic Aged Nocaster Blonde or Heavy Relic Aged Nocaster Blonde. Each finish treatment conveys the look, feel and vibe of a guitar that has either seen decades of relatively light use and great care or quite the opposite - a hard-fought lifetime of near-constant use, abuse and heavy wear.

The one-piece rift sawn maple neck is sculpted with a 1950-style "Blackguard" profile for comfortable and period-correct full-hand feel, topped by a vintage compound-radius (7.5"-9.5") maple fingerboard with 21 medium vintage frets and a bone nut. Dual Custom Shop hand-wound '50-'51 Blackguard pickups with modded '51 Nocaster wiring deliver clear, crisp highs with well-balanced midrange and low end, with the extra versatility of blend control for both pickups.

Other premium features include a single-ply black phenolic pickguard, three-way pickup switch, '51-'54 Telecaster® bridge with brass barrel saddles, vintage-style tuners, disc string tree, deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.

Specifications

SERIES: Time Machine
BODY MATERIAL: 2-Piece Select Ash with Offset Seam
BODY FINISH: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
NECK: 1-Piece Rift Sawn Maple
NECK FINISH: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
FINGERBOARD MATERIAL: 1-Piece Rift Sawn Maple Neck
NUMBER OF FRETS: 21
FRET SIZE: Medium Vintage
POSITION INLAYS: Black Micarta, 0.25" (6.35 mm)
NUT MATERIAL: Bone
NUT WIDTH: 1.625" (41.3 mm)
TUNING MACHINES: Vintage-Style with Fender Logo
SCALE LENGTH: 25.5" (64.77 cm)
BRIDGE: '51-'54 Tele® Bridge with Brass Barrel Saddles
PICKUPS:
Neck: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '50/'51 Blackguard
Middle:
Bridge: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '50/'51 Blackguard
PICKUP SWITCHING: 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup (Neck Pickup with Blend control), Position 2. Neck Pickup with No Tone control, Position 3. Neck Pickup with Preset Deep Rhythm Tone
CONTROLS: Master Volume, Blend
CONTROL KNOBS: Knurled Chrome
HARDWARE FINISH: Nickel/Chrome
STRINGS: Fender® USA 250R Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges), PN 0730250406
PICKGUARD: 1-Ply Black Phenolic
CASE/GIG BAG: Deluxe Hardshell